News Archive for June 7, 2014

KIEV—Chocolate tycoon Petro Poroshenko reached out to residents of Ukraine's restive east on Saturday, promising to end a separatist rebellion in their region that has left hundreds dead and pushed the former Soviet republic to the edge of ...

LONDON—The British government's attempt at a lighthearted pitch to persuade Scotland to remain part of the U.K., with the use of Lego figures, has wound up upsetting many Scots and the Danish toy company.

KARACHI, Pakistan—Altaf Hussain, the leader of Pakistan's Muttahida Qaumi Movement that dominates the city of Karachi, was released on bail by police in London, according to statements from the party and London police early Saturday.

PARIS—Behold one of the most unpredictable champions in tennis history, Maria Sharapova.Sharapova, 27 years old, won her second French Open title on Saturday—6-4, 6-7(5), 6-4—over Simona Halep, a 22-year-old Romanian who was playing her ...

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France—President Barack Obama on Friday hailed WWII veterans who stormed the beaches of Nazi-occupied France, as maneuvering among world leaders over today's bloody conflict in Ukraine vied with the solemn air of ...

Putin met with Obama and Ukraine's incoming leader in a flurry of talks in France that displayed the gap between Moscow and the West.Ukraine abandoned eight posts on its border with Russia that had become the target of separatist attacks.

WASHINGTON—The U.S. and Iran will hold bilateral talks on Tehran's nuclear program on June 9-10 in Geneva, the State Department said.The high-level negotiations will take place five weeks ahead of a July 20 deadline that Iran and world ...

RIO DE JANEIRO—This party-loving tourist city may be excitedly counting down the days until the World Cup, but that isn't stopping its mayor from using the tournament as an example of how not to hold a major sporting event.

Authorities evacuated the U.S. Capitol, the Supreme Court building and the Library of Congress on Saturday afternoon after a plane entered restricted airspace nearby. Officials later said the incident had been resolved.

NEW YORK—Kraft Foods Group Inc. has raised prices on some of its ground coffees for the first time in more than three years, the Maxwell House-maker said Saturday, becoming the second major U.S. roaster in a week to do so.

PRETORIA—South Africa's mining minister said Saturday that he remained hopeful that a solution to the country's nearly five-month-long strike can still be found but he is pulling out of talks Monday if not.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. President Barack Obama and Ukraine's incoming leader in France on Friday in a flurry of talks that displayed the still-yawning gap between Moscow and the West after more than three months of ...